William Blair Issues Negative Estimate for UniFirst Earnings

UniFirst Co. (NYSE:UNFFree Report) – Equities researchers at William Blair dropped their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for UniFirst in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, January 8th. William Blair analyst T. Mulrooney now expects that the textile maker will post earnings of $1.99 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $2.08. The consensus estimate for UniFirst’s current full-year earnings is $7.68 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for UniFirst’s Q4 2025 earnings at $1.92 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.55 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $2.26 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also recently commented on UNF. UBS Group increased their price target on shares of UniFirst from $190.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday. StockNews.com lowered shares of UniFirst from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Robert W. Baird upped their target price on UniFirst from $199.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, October 24th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $197.50.

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UniFirst Trading Up 5.1 %

Shares of NYSE:UNF opened at $215.15 on Friday. UniFirst has a 12-month low of $149.58 and a 12-month high of $243.70. The firm has a market cap of $4.00 billion, a PE ratio of 27.69 and a beta of 0.87. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $190.78 and a 200 day simple moving average of $186.71.

UniFirst (NYSE:UNFGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 8th. The textile maker reported $2.31 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.22 by $0.09. UniFirst had a return on equity of 7.47% and a net margin of 5.99%. The business had revenue of $604.91 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $606.60 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $2.26 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 1.9% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in UNF. Quarry LP lifted its holdings in UniFirst by 1,627.3% in the 2nd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 190 shares of the textile maker’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 179 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its stake in shares of UniFirst by 60.5% in the third quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 183 shares of the textile maker’s stock worth $36,000 after buying an additional 69 shares during the last quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of UniFirst by 16.5% during the 3rd quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 367 shares of the textile maker’s stock worth $73,000 after buying an additional 52 shares during the period. TD Private Client Wealth LLC raised its holdings in UniFirst by 291.6% in the 3rd quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 466 shares of the textile maker’s stock worth $93,000 after acquiring an additional 347 shares during the period. Finally, Eastern Bank acquired a new stake in shares of UniFirst in the third quarter valued at about $109,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 78.17% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other UniFirst news, major shareholder The Ronald D. Croatti Trust – 1 sold 9,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $190.97, for a total transaction of $1,814,215.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 17,390 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,320,968.30. This trade represents a 35.33 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Steven S. Sintros sold 3,207 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $193.04, for a total value of $619,079.28. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 22,571 shares in the company, valued at $4,357,105.84. This represents a 12.44 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 13,294 shares of company stock worth $2,546,632. 0.86% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

UniFirst Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 3rd. Investors of record on Friday, December 6th were given a $0.35 dividend. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 6th. This is a positive change from UniFirst’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.33. UniFirst’s dividend payout ratio is currently 17.90%.

UniFirst Company Profile

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UniFirst Corporation provides workplace uniforms and protective work wear clothing in the United States, Europe, and Canada. The company operates through U.S. and Canadian Rental and Cleaning, Manufacturing, Specialty Garments Rental and Cleaning, and First Aid segments. It designs, manufactures, personalizes, rents, cleans, delivers, and sells a range of uniforms and protective clothing, including shirts, pants, jackets, coveralls, lab coats, smocks, and aprons; and specialized protective wear, such as flame resistant and high visibility garments.

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